21 Thus says the Lord: Take care for the sake of your lives, and (A)do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.

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15 In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses (A)on the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, (B)which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And (C)I warned them on the day when they sold food. 16 Tyrians also, who lived in the city, brought in fish and all kinds of goods and sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah, in Jerusalem itself! 17 (D)Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, (E)profaning the Sabbath day? 18 (F)Did not your fathers act in this way, and did not our God bring all this disaster[a] on us and on this city? Now you are bringing more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”

19 As soon as it (G)began to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, that no load might be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20 Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice. 21 (H)But I warned them and said to them, “Why do you lodge outside the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on they did not come on the Sabbath.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:18 The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context

A Sabbathbreaker Executed

32 While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man (A)gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation. 34 (B)They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him. 35 And the Lord said to Moses, (C)“The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall (D)stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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(A)And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.

(B)Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews[a] said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and (C)it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’ 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”

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Footnotes

  1. John 5:10 The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed Jesus in that time; also verses 15, 16, 18

16 Take care (A)lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and (B)serve other gods and worship them;

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23 (A)Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and (B)make a carved image, the form of anything that the Lord your God has forbidden you.

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Idolatry Forbidden

15 (A)“Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since (B)you saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire,

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(A)“Only take care, and (B)keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. (C)Make them known to your children and your children's children—

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15 See to it that no one (A)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no (B)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 that no one is (C)sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

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Warning Against Neglecting Salvation

Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since (A)the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and (B)every transgression or disobedience received a just (C)retribution, (D)how shall we escape if we (E)neglect such a great salvation? It was (F)declared at first by the Lord, and it was (G)attested to us (H)by those who heard,

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18 (A)Take care then how you hear, (B)for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

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24 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: (A)with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.

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22 And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath (A)or do any work, but (B)keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. 23 Yet (C)they did not listen or incline their ear, (D)but stiffened their neck, that they (E)might not hear and receive instruction.

24 “‘But if you listen to me, declares the Lord, and (F)bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but (G)keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it, 25 then (H)there shall enter by the gates of this city kings and princes who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their officials, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city shall be inhabited forever. 26 And people shall come from (I)the cities of Judah (J)and the places around Jerusalem, (K)from the land of Benjamin, (L)from the Shephelah, from the hill country, (M)and from (N)the Negeb, bringing (O)burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and (P)bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord. 27 But if you do not listen to me, to (Q)keep the Sabbath day holy, (R)and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will (S)kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall (T)devour the palaces of Jerusalem and (U)shall not be quenched.’”

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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for (A)from it flow (B)the springs of life.

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11 (A)Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.

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28 (A)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all (B)the flock, in which (C)the Holy Spirit has made you (D)overseers, (E)to care for (F)the church of God,[a] which he (G)obtained (H)with his own blood.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 20:28 Some manuscripts of the Lord
  2. Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his Own

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